Major Storm Southeast Coast Quiet Northeast
Good morning everyone. The Northeast is enjoying quiet weather that may last quite possibly to near mid-February. Meanwhile, we’ll be watching another big storm slam the West Coast with heavy rain, snow, and wind. That will transit through the lower Rockies, then reorganize as it taps the warm Gulf moisture, and set off a chain of events that will conclude with a coastal storm that’ll take up a lot of real estate off of the Southeast Coast.
The first piece we’ll be watching, is the trailing cold moving through the Gulf States front along re-developing low pressure. Depending on how sharp that front is, we could see a severe weather outbreak along the Gulf States, the lower Southeast, and into Florida. Once our low pressure gets to the Southeast coast, it’s going to have a hard time fully exiting the area. As low pressure deepens, those isobars will back tight along the coast, giving northeast Florida, the Georgia coast, South Carolina, and Outer Banks of North Carolina a period of high winds, high surf, coastal flooding, and beach erosion. If low pressure sticks around long enough, we could see coastal flooding reach up into the Mid-Atlantic and enhanced tides in the Northeast. The timeline on this storm remains late Friday/early Saturday through Tuesday, west to east.
As far as the Northeast, this wide-ranging system won’t be a bother aside from a stiff breeze Tuesday/Wednesday, some high/mid-level clouds, and enhanced tides & surf.
Your local forecast is below –
SATELLITE
Clouds remain in the picture today with a few blue breaks late. Highs will be a chilly but seasonable near 40. A few extra breaks of sun tomorrow will help “propel” us into the mid to upper 40’s for a milder day.
WEATHER RADAR
Look for AM clouds on Friday, then partial clearing late and highs in the mid to upper 40’s. Those highs will happen early, then dip before sunset. Full sunshine returns for Saturday and Sunday, with high in the low 40’s Saturday, then low to mid 40’s Sunday.
All remains quiet in the long range aside from some fringe-effects of Tuesday’s “So’Easter” in the form of steady winds, enhanced tides, and enhanced surf. So far we don’t see anything of consequence on the horizon until some time just before mid-month, where we could see yet another vigorous system take shape in the lower Midwest and race into the Great Lakes.
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